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Local government area in Queensland, Australia

Shire of Waggamba
Queensland

Waggamba Shire Hall, Goondiwindi, circa 1930

Location within Queensland

Population

2,951 (2006 census)

• Density

0.22021/km (0.57034/sq mi)

Established

1879

Area

13,400.8 km (5,174.1 sq mi)

Council seat

Goondiwindi

Region

Darling Downs

LGAs around Shire of Waggamba:
Balonne	Tara	Millmerran
Balonne	Shire of Waggamba	Inglewood
Moree Plains (NSW)	Goondiwindi	Inverell (NSW)

The Shire of Waggamba was a local government area of Queensland, Australia on the Queensland-New South Wales border in the Darling Downs region, surrounding the Town of Goondiwindi, a separate local government area limited to the town. Administered from (although not including) the town of Goondiwindi, it covered an area of 13,400.8 square kilometres (5,174.1 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shire of Inglewood and the Town of Goondiwindi to form the Goondiwindi Region.

History

The Waggamba Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1176. Its headquarters were in the town of Goondiwindi.

In 1888, the urban area of Goondiwindi was excised from the Waggamba Division to create a separate municipality, the Borough of Goondiwindi.

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Waggamba Division became the Shire of Waggamba on 31 March 1903.

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Waggamba merged with the Shire of Inglewood and Town of Goondiwindi to form the Goondiwindi Region.

Towns and localities

The Shire of Waggamba included the following settlements:

Towns:

State forests:

Calingunee State Forest
Kerimbilla State Forest

Localities:

Population

Year	Population
1933	2,468
1947	2,590
1954	2,968
1961	3,123
1966	2,895
1971	2,913
1976	2,539
1981	2,732
1986	2,757
1991	2,898
1996	2,712
2001	2,975
2006	2,951

Chairmen

April 1890 – April 1900: William James Hooper
May 1900 – 1901: G.W. Watson
1901 – May 1905: Harry Marshall
1905 – April 1907: Donald Gunn
April 1907 – April 1908: J. Gore
April 1908 – : Richard Hugo Treweeke
1927: Donald Weir Oliver McIntyre

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Waggamba (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
"Proclamation ". Queensland Government Gazette. 11 November 1879. p. 25:998.
^ "Waggamba Shire". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
"GOONDIWINDI". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 17 April 1890. p. 6. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
"COUNTRY MAILS". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 22 April 1891. p. 6. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
"QUEENSLAND". The Queenslander. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 23 April 1898. p. 772. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
"QUEENSLAND". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 20 April 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
"QUEENSLAND". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 19 April 1900. p. 5. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
^ Consolidated Index to Queensland Government Gazette 1859-1919. Queensland Family History Society. 2004. ISBN 1-876613-79-3.
"OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 28 May 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
^ "GOONDIWINDI". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 17 April 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
"QUEENSLAND NEWS". The Queenslander. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 25 April 1903. p. 901. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
"COUNTRY NEWS". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 5 May 1905. p. 8. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
"BELOW THE RANGE". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 26 May 1906. p. 6. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
^ "LOCAL GOVERNMENT". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 25 April 1907. p. 7. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
"WAGGAMBA SHIRE COUNCIL". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 21 April 1908. p. 8. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

External links

"Waggamba Shire". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.

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